Neck-yoke attachment.



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UNITED STATES Patented June 2, 1903.

LOUIS T. BRISCOE, OF SANDYHOOK, CONNECTICUT.

N EC K-Y O.KE ATTACH M ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 730,088, dated. June2, 1903.

Application filed April 8,1903. Serial No. 151,637. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS T. BRISCOE, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Sandyhook, county of Fairfield,.State of Connectiout,have invented a newand useful Device for Attaching Neck-Yokes toWagon-Poles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a relatively inexpensive,safe, durable, and. attractive looking device for attaching a neckyoketo the pole of a wagon, it being required in a device for this purposethat all compli: cations be avoided, leaving the device as simple aspossible, that it be quick and certain in operation and absolutelyreliable, that any appearance of clumsiness be avoided, and that thedevice he so constructed as to render it impossible for the reins tocatch under the end of the pole.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainconstructions and in certain parts, improvements, and GOm-lbinations,which will be hereinafter described" pole and provided with asocket and a clip-- encircling the neck-yoke centrally and provided withan'oscillatory swivel-pin adapted to engage the socket in the cap-piece.

1O denotes the pole, affixed to the end of which is the metalliccap-piece 11, having a socket 12 extending inward from the end thereof.

13 denotes the neck-yoke, 14 a clip aiiixed to the neck-yoke centrally,and 15 a swivelpin which is adapted to engage the socket in thecap-piece and is provided witha head 16, pivoted between cars 17,extending inward from the clip and adapted to oscillate in thehorizontal plane, a bolt 18 extending downward through both ears and thehead and being retained in place by a nut 19.

In order to prevent the possibility of detachment of the neck-yoke fromthe pole in use, I preferably provide a safety-strap 20, I

one end of which is secured to the clip, the other to the inner end ofthe cap-piece, as by screws 2l, which pass. through holes in the clipand cap-piece, respectively, and engage the wood of the neck-yoke andpole.

the pole or is detached therefrom and hung up with the harnesses.

The operation will be so obvious as not to require description, the usebeing precisely the same as other devices of the same charactor, theimportant features being that the pole does not project outward beyondthe neck-yoke, but the neck-yoke is carried outside of the pole, so asto render it impossible for the reins to engage, and,furthermore,thatthe neck-yoke is retained in such a manner that all rattling is avoided,the yoke being free to oscillate on the head of the swivel-pin in thehorizontal plane and the swivel-pin, with the neck yoke, being free tooscillate in the vertical plane, so that while ample freedom of movementof the neck-yoke is provided for there is an entire absenceof loosenessand rattling.

Having thus described my invention, I claim v 1. A neck-yoke attachmentcomprising a cap-piece inclosing the end of the pole and having a socketextending inward, a clip to engage the neck-yoke centrally and aswivelpin pivoted to the neck-yoke and adapted to engage the socket.

2. A neck-yoke attachment comprisinga cap-piece inclosing the end. ofthe, pole and having a socket extending inward, a clip inclosing theneck-yoke centrally and having inwardly-extending ears and a swivel-pinhaving a head pivoted between the cars so as to adapt it to oscillate inthe horizontal plane,

said swivel-pin being adapted to oscillate in the socket.

3. A neck-yoke attachment comprising a cap-piece for the pole having asocket extending inward from the end, a clip engaging the neck-yokecentrally, a swivel-pin pivotally connected thereto and engaging thesocket and a safety-strap one end of which is attached to the neck-yoke,the other to the pole.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS T. BRISCOE.

Witnesses:

A. M. WOOSTER, S. W. ATHERTON.

